{"id":12592,"date":"2016-02-21T11:28:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T16:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2016-02-21T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T16:28:28","slug":"trump-leading-the-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12592","title":{"rendered":"Trump leading the pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\">The Donald<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/02\/20\/politics\/republicans-south-carolina-primary-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\">won South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Good news, he seems to have knocked out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JebBush\" target=\"_blank\">Jeb Bush<\/a> in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Giving credit where it is due, Trump has lasted longer than I would have thought.\u00a0 Some of this is due to the man himself, some to the open primaries where Democrats and independents could vote, but a lot has to due with the overcrowded GOP field and the ineptness of the other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>It is too soon to declare him the nominee.\u00a0 As the field thins even more he could be overshadowed.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D12592&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12592\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12592\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12592\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news, The Donald won South Carolina. Good news, he seems to have knocked out Jeb Bush in the process. 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